Yearly Archives: 2022
TIEZA bats for foreign investments
Cash-strapped Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority (TIEZA) of the Department of Tourism (DoT) is hopeful that the relaxed rules on foreign ownership will...
Klook, KAYAK deepen partnership to expand activities inventory
Klook and KAYAK have expanded their integration to enable KAYAK users access to one of the largest inventories of Things-to-Do across the Asia-Pacific region.
This...
Sabah resumes Royal Brunei Airlines flight
The return of Royal Brunei Airlines (RBA) to Sabah now makes it accessible for tourists from Brunei and other countries to travel to the...
Accor debuts first Mercure property in Langkawi
Accor made its debut in Langkawi with the opening of the four-star, 164- key Mercure Langkawi Pantai Cenang. This is the only international hotel...
Carnival Corporation steps up food waste management across fleet
Carnival Corporation has completed the installation of nearly 600 food waste biodigesters across its fleet in support of ongoing food waste management and reduction...
Ukraine invasion causes Russian outbound tourism to collapse
New data from ForwardKeys on May 6 reveals that Russian outbound tourism, already severely handicapped by pandemic travel restrictions, has fallen even further, because...
Elephant tourism yay or nay
As tourism picks up, animal welfare groups debate over resetting elephant tourism in Asia, particularly Thailand
Pacto’s Freddy Rompas passes on
The Indonesian travel industry has lost one of its top inbound specialists with the passing of Freddy Rompas, general manager inbound of Pacto on...
Extended reality here to drive tourism progress
6G is coming and hyperconnectivity will give rise to extended reality (XR), and it will not only have to be mobile-first strategies but artificial...
Japan may welcome leisure travellers this month
Japan's restrictive stance against leisure travellers may ease as early as this month, as the government voiced plans to welcome a limited number of...
